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This Thursday, March 10th, area 4-Hers would like to invite everyone to their final practice for Presentation Day! This exciting event will be held at St. John's Lutheran Church in Valley Home. The 4-Hers have worked hard for the past few months on perfecting their presentations and would certainly appreciate your support! We wish our 4-hers the very best!

I have always known Valley Home is a very special place to live. This week our family has once again been surrounded by the most loving, kindest and caring extended family we could ask for, as we suffered the loss of my younger brother, Ed Keaster this week. It all happened so quickly that before we knew it, we were at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto praying for a miracle. Although we did not get the miracle we were asking for that day, it turns out the miracle we did get was that we had my wonderful brother for 61 ...

This week's column is dedicated to a very special young woman. Miss Halley Smith is a true Valley Home girl! Halley attended Valley Home grammar school and now is a junior at Oakdale High. Halley is very active in the Valley Home community ... actually Halley has been involved in her community since a very young age. Halley along with sister Lainey, mom and dad Tammie and Ron Smith are an integral part of our Valley Home community. Halley loves to ride horses and over the years has become a very accomplished rider! Halley owns, cares for and trains her ...

This week we are thrilled to write about a delightful young lady, TJ Verdegaal. TJ was a contestant in the annual Distinguished Young Woman of Oakdale program, which was held Saturday, Feb. 13 at Magnolia School. TJ is active in many community events, and is involved in school activities such as cheerleading, track and leadership. She has earned her Academic Block O as well as her Athletic Block O. TJ was also chosen as 2016 Winter Homecoming Queen. TJ is looking forward to attending San Diego State after graduation from Oakdale High. She is the daughter of proud parents, Sarah ...

The word "special" is the perfect word to describe Valley Home resident, Emma Boggs. Growing up in Valley Home, Emma is blessed with a rural lifestyle, a beautiful country home and a wonderful supportive family. This time of year Emma is very involved with her Oakdale High classmates preparing for the Academic Decathlon. It takes hard work, dedication, long hours of studying and a strong desire to represent the reigning Oakdale High Mustangs. Emma is part of a nine member competing team, each of whom were confident they had what it takes and brought home the coveted Decathlon trophy again ...

It's here, Super Bowl excitement has arrived in Valley Home! Although both teams come from locations far from Valley Home, by now most of us have chosen the team we will root for on Sunday! It's sure to be tons of fun on Super Bowl day. Grandson Cooper will have the party scene decorated for Team Manning, while big brother Cody will make sure Team Newton is well represented. Granddaughter Millie will help mom Melissa with party food preparations, while our other granddaughter Jenna will have plenty of Super Bowl treats. I would like to take this time ...

Delicious food in Valley Home! This Saturday, January 30th the delightful ladies of St John's/St Luke's church will once again be selling their delicious homemade enchiladas. The church ladies take great pride in turning out their special tasty enchiladas. All funds benefit the church. You may place your orders with choice of red or green sauce by calling Judy at 847-6647. The enchiladas sell for $15.00 for 1/2 dozen. With Super Bowl right around the corner, why not freeze a couple of dozen for the big game? What a delicious treat for all!

This evening, Wednesday, January 20th, the Valley Home "MAC" council will hold its quarterly meeting. All are invited to come share your thoughts or have your questions answered. County Supervisor O'Brien, as well as law enforcement, fire and school officials will be present to answer your questions. This is a great time to find out what is going on in your community! The meeting will start at 5:30 p.m. and will be held in the Valley Home School library.

Happy Birthday to Valley Home 8th grader Marissa Hicks. Marissa is involved with all school sports and is well known for being very athletic. Marissa also plays softball outside of school and has earned many honors. Happy Birthday Marissa, we wish you many happy returns of this very special day!

Looking forward to New Year's Eve 2015 ... It is time to say goodbye to 2015, all the good and all the not so good! Here in Valley Home we have had so many good things happen. 2015 brought Mr. Tom Price to Valley Home School as school superintendent. Mr. Price brought a spirit of working together, of respect for each and every person, be it a student, parent, or community member; your thoughts, opinions, and actions count with Superintendent Price. Thank you, Mr. Price!

Christmas Blessings ... During this busy, stressful time of the year it is so easy to find ourselves overcome with all the hustle and bustle. Often we tend to let stress and the worry for what's to come, overcome the goodness and blessings we receive every day! Each of us has heartaches and every one of us has a worry or two. Here my dear friends is my Christmas wish for each of you, "enjoy every day the blessings from above, enjoy every day without worry, the joy of this wonderful Christmas season!" Here is Valley Home, as it is ...

Season's greetings and the very happiest of holiday birthdays to three very special young men ... Ryan Arnebeck, Dillon Arnebeck, and Ben Fletcher! Celebrating birthdays along with Ben, Dillon, and Ryan, are Justina Hicks, Jennifer Schaefle and Valley Home 4-H community leader Sean Haynes. May all your holiday/birthday wishes come true!

A special place to live ... this past Saturday our community once again came together to enjoy a "Valley Home Christmas." The night sky seemed filled with at least a thousand twinkling stars, all of a sudden and quick as a wink we all saw it ... eight tiny reindeer and a bright shiny sleigh flew through the dark night, before we knew what was happening Santa had landed in Valley Home! What a night, our Valley Home Community Christmas Parade was underway! Glittering Christmas lights dazzled the crowd as colorful floats, Christmas ponies, puppies, handsome horses, motorcycles all decked out, all-terrain ...

Forever thankful ... over the years our lives change in many ways. With Thanksgiving upon us, we reflect on the joys and sorrows of years gone by. We have much to be thankful for! Sometimes the memories are so bittersweet it is actually hard to hold back the tears. Scenes from the past that are etched in our minds allow our thoughts to travel back thru the years. Sweet memories forever etched ... Thanksgiving "2015" the young and the old together will create new memories. All across our great country, friends and family will gather to give thanks, enjoy each other's ...